COMPARATIVE STUDY OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF MIDWIVES ON ISLAMIC RULES OF MATERNITY CARE IN JALINGO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OF TARABA STATE, NIGERIA.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51168/sjhrafrica.v4i6.480Keywords:
Comparing, Knowledge, Midwives, Islamic Rules and Maternity CareAbstract
Background:
Maternity care is still a mirage due to poor knowledge, attitudes, and practice of Islamic rules of maternity care,
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of midwives on Islamic rules of maternity care in Jalingo LGA, Taraba state, Nigeria.
Methodology:
Descriptive comparative, cross-sectional survey design with multi-stage and simple random sampling techniques. The population for the dissertation consisted of all Nurses and Midwives in two hospitals and Primary Health Care Centres and a sample size of 405 Nurses/midwives. The validated questionnaire was tested for reliability and validity with Cronbach Alfa, 0.80.
Results:
The mean age of respondents was 36.10(0.43) ±8.21, Majority were married (77.5%), female (75.3%), Muslims (65.7%), Hausa (45.6%), and those with RN and BNSc certifications (30.2/23.5%). knowledge on 24-points scale scored mean = 19.24 (0.11) ± 2.19, Attitudes on 28-points scale, mean =18.18 (0.16) ± 2.97 and Practice on 45-points scale, mean = 34.83 (0.10) ± 5.71. Comparing how knowledge is spread across the type of health facilities, score were mean = 16.5 (0.18) ± 2.4 and mean = 16.7 (0.19) ± 2.5; t- -1.001, P=0.318; mean = 15.3 (0.3) ± 3.6 for PHCCs and mean = 15.2 (0.3) ± 3.6, t-0.124, p=0.901 and Practices, mean = 17.6 (0.5) ± 6.4 for PHCs and mean = 17.7 (0.5) ± 6.6, t-0.114, p=0.915 for PHCCs and Hospitals respectively.
Conclusion:
Multi-cultural, ethnoreligious practices and perceptions concerning maternity care have posed many influences on maternity care.
Recommendation:
It is therefore recommended that High quality/evidence-based and culturally competent care be initiated by the midwives.
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